No Posco, but 3L trees axed for project
Bhubaneswar: As uncertainty prevails over South Korean steel giant Posco's proposed plant near Paradip, the state government on Tuesday informed the assembly that around three lakh trees were felled during
Bhubaneswar: As uncertainty prevails over South Korean steel giant Posco's proposed plant near Paradip, the state government on Tuesday informed the assembly that around three lakh trees were felled during
Tension prevailed at the Posco project site on Thursday as a team of armed police officials entered Gobindpur village under the Dhinkia gram panchayat to arrest Abhaya Sahoo, the president of Posco Pratirodh Sangram Samiti (PPSS).
PARADIP: Flag marches were conducted by Kujang police and other security forces in Gobindpur and Nuagaon villages today.
AKSHAYA KUMAR SAHOO Tension prevailed on Tuesday at the proposed Posco project site near port town Paradip as eight platoons of armed police conducted flag march apparently to create a fear psychosis among the local people ahead of the survey work at Dhinkia and Nuagoan panchayats.
PARADIP: Flag marches were conducted by Kujang police and other security forces in Gobindpur and Nuagaon villages today.
In a setback to the five-year long anti-Posco agitation, about 50 people of a village, hitherto known for their opposition, today supported the mega steel plant project and asked the authorities to take up survey work in their area, officials said.
BHUBANESWAR: A day after talks with officials failed, anti-Posco agitators today demanded direct discussions with Orissa Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on their opposition to the site identified for the Rs 52,000 crore mega steel project near Paradip.
The Orissa government
In a determined bid to expedite the pace of its much-delayed project in Orissa, South Korean steel giant Posco has expressed its readiness to consider the Steel Ministry
Karnataka has reconfirmed its status of being one of the premier investment destinations in the country by sewing up investments totalling over Rs 4 lakh crore this year. As part of the two-day Global Investors Meet (GIM) that began Thursday over 400 MoUs will be signed, some of which involve global giants such as Posco, ArcelorMittal, Infosys, Wipro, Essar, GAIL and the Aditya Birla Group.
BHUBANESWAR: A day after the police lathicharged hundreds of villagers opposing establishment of the proposed steel plant of Posco India Private Limited in the Jagatsinghpur district for the second time in less than a month, a group of social activists on Thursday approached the State Human Rights Commission and sought its intervention in the matter.